As more than a hundred officials looked at each other, Li Ling walked out of the crowd and gave a deep tribute to Ye Kuan and the two ministers, giving full rituals: "Li Ling, the Ministry of Revenue, has met the ministers and two ministers!"

His self-reported house caused a whisper from everyone around him: "He is that Li Tanhua..."

After all, it was a test flower in the Jinke Palace. When Li Ling chose to come to the Ministry of Revenue to observe politics, he caused a lot of discussion, but later he was excluded and disappeared, and was gradually forgotten. Now that he showed up in such a strange way, it really surprised people.

Dai Xiao even frowned, faintly sensation of conspiracy, and looked at his nephew next to him. He saw Dai Wanchun also looked worried and confused, but he didn't know how to react and speak.

Ye Kuan also looked up and down at the young man, and then said calmly: "Li Ling, since you are just a civil servant who has just arrived at my Ministry of Revenue, why dare you to argue about such a big deal?"

"I have only been in the Ministry of Revenue for two months, but I am also an official of my Ministry of Revenue. Since it is related to my Ministry of Revenue's reputation, I will come forward and tell you all the things I know. After all, I have learned from the Xiang Treasury this time and have made some progress. What's more, I have read books of sages since I was a child, and I have to pay so much attention to the promotion of the palace as a test flower, and I should serve the court with all my heart!"

Li Ling's answer was neither humble nor arrogant. Not only did he point out that he was definitely not an outsider, but he also made it clear that his background was far deeper than that of ordinary officials. Sure enough, after hearing this, Ye Kuan only smiled slightly and said, "Then I want to hear what you have to think about this. Since you have been in the building of government in the Pavilion and the Custody, how can you know that there are big questions about the taxation in Huguang?"

"It is natural that the officials of the Ministry's Department can't know the matter of taxation in Huguang that has not yet been concluded. However, in the past two years, the officials had carefully looked through it under the guidance of the Xiang Treasury, and thus saw some clues of the problem."

"Oh? Let's hear it." Ye Kuan nodded and signaled him to say in detail.

Li Ling turned his head and looked at Jin Huan and Dai Xiao, and finally glanced at Dai Wanchun, who was still a little confused, then took out a few pieces of paper from his sleeve and handed it over: "I dare not hide it from the ministry. The lower officials not only saw some of the problems, but also copied it down. Just look at these contents and you can tell that the lower officials are not lying."

Ye Kuan took it casually and looked at it quickly and found that the above was a copy of the details of the tax rate fluctuation in many prefectures in Huguang Province over the past five years and the details of the tax increase and decrease. Li Ling also continued to explain at this time: "On the surface, there is no problem with the tax rate in Huguang for several years. Even though it is really as Lin Chen said that many fertile land have been reclaimed in the past few years, it was finally offset by scholars and famines.

"But if I really looked at the relevant accounts and documents of the past years, the officials found one of the interesting places. In just five years, more than 40% of all prefectures and counties in Huguang had suffered famines. For example, in the 25th year of Xianlong, floods occurred in Yuezhou, causing disasters in three counties. So our Ministry of Revenue reported to the court and reduced the tax and food in the local area for two years; then in the 26th year, a drought occurred in Chenzhou, and the same was also reduced; then in the 27th year, a locust plague occurred in Yuanzhou, which was the same result..."

Dai Xiao's face turned pale when he listened to his simple statement, and he felt even more regretful. If he had known that this guy could see many situations from his previous documents, he would not have kicked him into the Jiagekuli that day. This was really shooting himself in the foot.

Jin Huan's expression also became panicked from the calm just now, but he still said stubbornly: "What can these mean? I, Dayue, are the vast world, where aren't there many natural disasters? Your Majesty and the court understand the people's conditions, so it is natural to reduce taxes when disasters occur in the local area!"

"The officials have never said that there is any problem with this approach. I just questioned why the disaster in Huguang has been so organized over the years, as if God has arranged it to prevent any prefecture from suffering more, but they have taken turns to suffer, and then asked the court to reduce the taxes." Li Ling turned around and looked at Jin Huan again, then suddenly heaviered his voice and said: "Mr., this matter is really unreasonable. The only explanation is that someone is cheating in order to keep Huguang's taxes on this number.

"And the officials dare to boldly infer that this is a trick taken by some officials of the Ministry of Revenue and local officials in order to hide it from the eyes of the ministry and the two ministers, and to use your hands to hide it from the court and the eyes of His Majesty! Then, they can put all the extra taxes and silver that should have been handed over to the court into their own private pockets!"

After saying this, the chin of more than a hundred people was shocked. No one would have thought that such a young man who had no official power would dare to take so many people to expose such a fatal matter directly!

You should know that this is not only a witness to an official of the Ministry of Revenue, but also many officials in Huguang, such as local governors and a series of important personnel from subordinates! If this matter is really investigated in depth, I don’t know how many people want to be insecure, or even move their heads!

Sweat suddenly emerged from Jin Huan's forehead. He glanced at Dai Xiao, but the latter remained silent. I don't know if he couldn't come up with a countermeasure or had given up. But as a close associate of this matter, he could not just stop it. He immediately said loudly: "It's just a crime to be accused! Master of the Ministry of War, the so-called evidence of Li Ling is at most his guess. Just because Huguang happened to encounter such a continuous natural disaster in recent years, I decided that someone from the Ministry of Revenue and the local officials had joined forces to cheat? This is too hasty. Only these young people with little knowledge will make such wishful inferences.

"Sir, my Ministry of Revenue has always carefully checked the local tax rate based on the local facts. It is definitely not up to the officials alone to decide. Could everyone else be bribed by the officials? Please ask the officials to be honest!" At the end, he even knelt down with a thunderous look on his face, and truly achieved the seven emotions.

"Who said I only have this one to infer?" Li Ling sneered without giving in, "I naturally have evidence, but before that, I just wanted to ask Dr. Dai one question. This question is not enough. The master and the two ministers of the Ministry have been doing a lot of things every day, and have never personally asked about the taxes in Huguang province without seeing the clues, but why did you not notice it and question it earlier?" No one expected that Li Ling would suddenly turn the finger on Dai Xiao. Even he himself was stunned, and then said with a gloomy face: "Li Ling, are you questioning me? What is your identity? Why do you ask me to answer your rude questions?"

"Just because I am the governor of the court!" Li Ling looked back at him without any fear, and answered firmly, "Emperor Taizu had a clear order when he was appointed to governor of the government. We have the right to comment on it, so we can report it directly to the emperor! I am a disciple of the emperor and a bachelor's degree. Since I have found the problem, I should help His Majesty find out!"

Now, all the officials in the audience were completely moved. It was not until this time that everyone suddenly remembered that the governor really had such power, but he had never mentioned using it for many years, so he really forgot about it.

The so-called Guanguanguan was the first inventor of the dynasty, which was to let young people who had just passed the Jinshi to go to various yamen to become officials. However, in addition to letting them become familiar with the transformation of their own identities faster, he also deliberately added one more, that is, Guanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguanguan

During the Taizu Dynasty, these new Jinshi did play some roles, but with the changes of the times, especially the continuous improvement of the Censorate's supervision system, and many young people with outstanding achievements entered the Censorate to observe politics, this power was gradually cancelled by default.

But the unspoken rules are just unspoken rules after all. The court never issued a clear order saying that the governors could no longer point out the shortcomings in the yamen, and they also have the right to report to the emperor directly. As "contract workers", they often choose to be with the light for their own future. Even if they really find any disadvantages, they will only fail to see them.

But now, Li Ling told everyone with practical actions that the governor still has this right! Even if you are a doctor, you cannot escape when facing your own questioning!

The momentum that Dai Xiao had just started dissipated instantly, and the new Jinshi standing around him opened their mouths one by one, staring at him as if he knew Li Ling on the first day. There was both surprise and more, but a sense of unspeakable fear. Li Tanhua was much more terrifying than he thought.

Ye Kuan was also watching the young man. Since he suddenly came out, the young man has been surprised by himself. But now...

Ye Shangshu coughed lightly, and then looked at Dai Xiao, who was completely stunned: "Dr. Dai, tell me, why don't you see that there are many questions in Huguang's tax files?"

Facing the question of Lord Shangshu, Dai Xiao naturally couldn't resist answering anymore. He could only stumble and said, "Xiaoguan...Xiaoguan is indeed a little negligent. He felt that since the financial boss had carefully investigated it, there would be no problem." However, he pushed everything to his subordinates.

This made Jin Huan's face look even more ugly, but he still forced himself to say: "The officials in this matter will never dare to use their power for personal gain. Please ask the ministry to clearly understand..."
Chapter completed!